Amanda Gebhard White Benevolence (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: White BenevolenceCondition: NewSubtitle: Racism and Colonial Violence in the Helping ProfessionsEAN: 9781773635224ISBN: 9781773635224Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/01/2022Description: When working with Indigenous people, the helping professions -education, social work, health care and justice - reinforce the colonial lie that Indigenous people need saving. In White Benevolence, leading anti-racism scholars reveal the ways in which white settlers working in these institutions shape, defend and uphold institutional racism, even while professing to support Indigenous people. White supremacy shows up in the everyday behaviours, language and assumptions of white professionals who reproduce myths of Indigenous inferiority and deficit, making it clear that institutional racism encompasses not only high-level policies and laws but also the collective enactment by people within these institutions. In this uncompromising and essential collection, the authors argue that white settler social workers, educators, health-care practitioners and criminal justice workers have a responsibility to understand the colonial history of their professions and their complicity in ongoing violence, be it over-policing, school push-out, child apprehension or denial of health care. The answer isn't cultural awareness training. What's needed is radical anti-racism, solidarity and a relinquishing of the power of white supremacy.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 23mmItem Length: 15mmItem Width: 1mmContributor: Sheelah McLean (Edited by), Amanda Gebhard (Edited by), Verna St. Denis (Edited by)Genre: Society & CultureAuthor: Amanda GebhardRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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